Hi Everyone!

I am having an amazing adventure here! Things are going very well.

Today, Tammie and I went to go visit the "Doctors without Borders"  hospital which is just about 45 minutes from here   They are an amazing organization. The hospital was great. They have over 100 beds for kids, an HIV ward, a TB ward,  a malnutrtion ward.   There are 3 pediatricians for 150 kids.  Sometimes, the census swells up to 250 patients.  The doctors there are so impressive. Many of them have spent time in some of the most war torn and devastated places in the world (darfur, sierra leone, congo)...They deal with the sickest patients in the world.  Their mission is to go into war zones and care for patients.  They are respected throughout the world.  They drive around in ambulances that have a "no guns" sign, and rescue people.  Since Liberia is no longer a war zone, they are due to pull out of here soon.  Everyone is wondering where the 150 kids they treat per day will go.  They are apparently due to pull out in December.

After that, we went shopping in Liberia with one of our Liberian friends.  Amazing experience. The city streets are just jammed with people.  Apparently during the war, all the people who lived in the country flocked to the city, and the population swelled by a factor of 5.  No one has left since the war ended, so the city is amazingly over populated.  We went into a lot of shops to look for souvenirs.  It was really fun.  It is so amazing to be a minority.  Everyone looks at you, tries to shake your hand (tries to rip you off!)

This weekend we are heading back to the amazing beach again.  

The adventure continues!

Miss everyone.  Hope everyone is good. Mary or Jack, since you are following me, just wonderin if Mom is doing okay.  Drop me an email. I can check it here.

Thanks

Love, Trish